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LONDON DIARY cellen

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1950.

if they have in pictures

the And exhibits DECAUSE of the knee injury; cupations, and

neldresses. But year roun which prevents Miss Martha changed their

Ten museums recelve grants- Ciraham from dancing, her Lon- this is no prelude to a call-up.

The War Omen tell me Wil In-aid

for purchases. But the don ballet senton has been can-

rouline check. Most war-amoont allowed each year in celled. The Piccadilly Theatre, is a

conscripta be time

still stand It is intended to be used which she had booked, will

acquisitions. Big emply for three weeks.

nominally in the Army as part for normal

Only iter reserve.

like the Constable corn- of the Clans Z

released because of picture, need special grants. wounds were totally discharged.

nre

Total: a million The British Museum has the for purchases— biggest grant

£30,000 this year, out of their total budget of £300,000. But

they nreded

especial Government strani for a big pur- chase like the Codex Sinaiticus, which cost £100,000 in 1933.

Mks Graham and her Dy of ten girls and six men those are going home to America. But

This does not apply to peace- there in deulty in Beding ship! pursaries for all of them at short time National Servicemen. They the notice; some of them may have serve for 10 months in

Army, then for four years with 10 fly homo

сусп box the Territorial Army: after that Hundreds of pounds in

returned they pro free. None will reach fier recripts will be

this shige before 1954. By then to people who had booked!,

conditions may be different, Hardwoods move in LORD and Lady Harewood are

moving. They are personally

The Doan is silent

The National Gallery and the Tate are 410,200 this year

Total of Treasury money spent

supervising the transfer of fur-E Very Rev. Richard Henry for the purchase of pictures. -

illure to their new home in Orme Square, Bayswater,

But for the next few days,

Malden, since 1933 Dean of Welles, Somerset, han just retired after almost half a century to the Church, He is 70, has written chaplain to the King from 1020-

On

the maintenance of the national museums this year is around £1 million.

O the first time Tories in Banetta, Nottingham, have

until the rooms at Omme Square many books on religion. He was Encouraged by son are in order, they are expected to remain in their old fat at 33.

"it has been auxreated to me Friary Court, St James's Palace.

The operation began recently. that Mr Malden in the clergy-chosen a woman candidate. She Vans brought some of the fur-man who, for

than 25 Mes Ellen Longbottom, 46- niture from Harewood House, years, has been writing anony-year-old wiciow, who has lived: the Princess Royal's Yorkshire mously the long, and often con- in the division 27 years. home.

moro

working housewives.

In

The countess's grand piano arrived from St James's Palace with music stools and stands. Lady Inrewood watched, business-like coloured print dress. Her husband was lo dark grey lounge suit. Debutantes from U.S. TALEVEN American debutiutes EL

on a six weeks' European coming-out tour ore finding London a shock to their purses.

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thic

troversial, prefaces

"My 20-year-old son, Charles, editions of Crockford's Clerlent is chairman of the local Young Intest attacks Conservatives: hc encouraged Directory. The

me to stand as a enndidate," says I asked Mr Mulden, at his new his mother.

Sunningdale, near

Mrx

silm, home at

he had writen | fair-haired, with blue eyes; sho Ascot, whether the prefaces.

wears tallered clothes, and pre- Hin reply: "I have nothing firs to go hatless wntever to say."

Russia for schools

Lenstbottom

is

Socialist MP for Basseinwi

has been Mr F. J. since 1935

Mini- Bilenter, who was War

Ex years a school text-ster from 1946-47. s majority POR

book called Life in the in February: 13,987. -

A

Their pocket money show's C4U. S. 5. R. has been chculating Flying to London for

a day for their five days here.

in British schools. It is published:

TWO GIRLS FROM OHIO

Soeing Dritel Lob Mueller (18) and Cay Bahl (17), both from

operation A N Itallar tailor, 23-year-old

Dominic

be Ilario, will

from carried on

stretcher [ an neropiane and taken to Gordon Hospital, Victoria. There an attempt will be made to restore his ability to end.

This is Ilario's story reported from Romet Mr R. W. Itaven, London surgeon, visited a hos- pital there and saw Hario. An operation had been performed on him, but it closed his gullet. He was being fed by luso.

Mr Raven offered to operate

in London in an effort to recon- struct the rnan's rulfet

Mario

was

has no money. But it arranged to bring him to Eng- land.

One who helped to arrange it 10 Mr P. A. I. Tahourin, a British science officer in Rome. Al Italia airline offered trans- port free. The Italian Consulate- General in London will meet

and lake the aeroplane patient to hospital,

Missing in Korca

ONE

the

Commis-

NE Briton missing in Korca

G1-year-old Herbert Lord, sioner Salvation Army, who

HELPING HERSELF-Longshoreman Eddie Stasiak, of Staten Island; N.Y., holds a piece of bread in his mouth as Queenie, a young clephant from Bangkok, tries to get it for herself. The animal was sent to the Denver, Colo., Zoo, after a short rest in New York. Queenie and many other specimens of the animal kingdom were being distributed to zoos all over the country.

the Three

men lift brick from history

BUT IT'S A VERY SLOW JOB

Thon wall, O wall! O sweet and lovely wall!

-A Midsummer Night's Dream.

at

which rernela jo be treated still support a cat's cradle of tubular scaffolding. When that comes down, the full extent of the old wall will be revealed.

Man in charge of the

Work

on the wall is the 65-year-ol

foreman who for 35 years har toked after London's ancient runs monuments. One of his greatest tasks-the House of Commons. He showed me how the wall the

WO years' work on a 40 ft. wall will finish TWO

the end of this year-maybe. The wall, built of flint, Kentish rag and Chilmark stone, white and clean, as if it has been built yesterday, northwards from the soot-blackened Wakefield Tower, built in the Tower of London in 1221.

Yel It is one of the

the ancient parts of

workmen bulli London

i years ago.

most Until a bomb fell in the greal of December 1940 Tower. City ralds

700 nobody knew that the wall existed. The bomb demolished an ugly Victorian barrack of red brick and stone, known as the Main Guard.

ANCIENT RAMPART

had been "consolidated" by old method of grouting by pour ing in the mortar, instead of by the pressure process.

EVA BOOTH LED "ARMY' REVOLT AGAINST HER OWN BROTHER They talked of a vendetta

E

VANGELINE BOOTH, who headed a revolt against her brother Bramwell when he was general of the Salvation Army, and ended her own `· family's autocratic sway over the worldwide or- ganisation, died in New York's Hartsdale suburb recently at the age of 84.

Her life's great year of message for her brother was one storm was 1920, when she of undying love.

She was born in London tho most discussed Christrans Day, 1805, the

was

woman in the world.

on

seventh child of General Booth

The flower girl

The head of the "Army" then had the power to nominate his successor. He held the "Army's"

Altogether she was unsociated properly on its behalf at the with the "Army" for about 60 ime estimated at £30,000,000. years. At 16 she went Into the Secret lottor East End disguised as a flower Evangeline, "Army" leader lain to see how the poor lived. She became a Salvation Army te U.S. challenged the powers captain when still in her teens, held by her brother-son of the Gangs tried to wreck her meet- founder and a secret meeting of inga But she kept ол

"Army** chlets was held

preaching her cermons standing under police guard in a mansion on a chair.

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at Sunbury-on-Thames,

Controversy

people talked

over these dis-

cussions split the country. Many

Soon, the toughs rallied round her. They called her "Sister Eva.”

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of a personal vendetta against the general,

she had charge of ali who was 72 and in poor health. the "Army's" work in London. And during the great Gold Rush Some people held that of '08 sho organized missionaries Evangeline wanted the leader-

an: ·

and led nurser

them ahlp for herself.

herself. about raged Discussion

When she went to America sealed leller in which General

a mob jeered her in a New Bramwell Booth had named his

York lum. She waved a silver successor. It was believed that

Stare and Stripes flag and hie hnd named his wife or his

dared the people to hiss it.... eldest daughter, Catherine,

They stayed on to cheer.

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After many days' decussion the old general was deposed on

GENERAL EVA BOOTH

...... love is all,

second vole

by 52 votes

Ave, with four abstentions.

Crowd-appoal

Eva Booth stayed in America for 25 years and become a naturalised American citizen.

In World War I she placed the whole of her organisation at 'he disposal of the American Government. She was awarded The Distinguished Service Medol.

On the outbreak of Worfil War IL. sha returned to America. Before she left she had

three-quarter-of-an- hour interview with the Queen.

Once the fall and stately Eva was asked if she had considered marrings. She replied: "Yes That is why I am not married,"

The

"Army's" present in-

ternational

head, General Albert Ortborn, said: "She was to not

But Evangelino dia pot succeed to the leadership. The High Council elected Edward Higgins, chief of staff, to be

'NO IMITATION' "We never add, never take away, never try any tricks of "We simply restoring," he said. remeve all the extraneous stuff Before the war, soldiers of the and leave the old building as 11

general. the Towers. If a piece of stone has falle slits,regiment jarding

we replace it. But we would inside. medieval bowmen, drank tea, played darts

than put o yap their rather leave strong Tourists hurried past on

way from the Bloody Tower back rome Imitation of the real without a glance.

of the

I four-fout thickness is

artow was in pierced by cight

British

Seoul when it was overrun. No news has coine through about him. Iis colleagues in London are hoping he is one of the four Brilons now with the Minister in North Korea.

stayed The Commissioner bellad and was captured by the Japanese when Singapore fell

His first appointment was to of Says

their two by Themaa Nelson Sons; Korea. And it was there he met

Mrs. J.authors Beatrice King.

2015 Margaret organker chaperons,

Salvationist The Baker: "The girls were shocker i

book, Major Tufton Newnham,

Inter to become his

five West Beamish, Tory MP for Lewes, wife, to And that dinner in a

sons, two

une

Ohio.

London Expres Serrin,

En Astaurant cost them

and

where

under

The

rouching round arches which stifl curve roudly over them could ram rrows un their enemies when 1 formed the west side of the taner Bailey of the fortress,

The general's

an evangelist

WHAT

do

Ind.an

is per of the the war, another Weerala do when

Peoplc

than £2 each. Not that that is must propagandin." 1, too, have is a servings offleer in the RAF. much more expensive than in fread it, found it a complacent New York-it is just that girls have never paid their own bills before."

the eulogy of Soviet Russia.

SON

in Major Tufton Beamish is to

has been born maria A Toronto. produce the book

Canada, to MTs Five are blonde, MX are ment, will ask Education Mini-Melodie Massey, wife of Hart of the ufster George Tomlinson "whether Vuoni Massey, som brunette, only two are out

the is Dwire That Communistformer tirth Commissioner for their teens.

Crop-haired Nancy Lee Cluck, proporonda is being taught in Comade in London. Hart Bassey

the war, Iram Cleveland,

10-any shonis,"

was, dur 30.

New Jersey, are shopping here for cashmeres.

ame! china were foll cheeses are good here," they explain.

and

£100 a week

the

"The

In

in the

year-old Mary Alice Miller, of Communist teachers Royal Canadian Air Ferce, and assembled in 1930, as cax of the Oxford Beamish, 33, has

was mallest enx in the (muez, erklence that Communist! Crew,

State University's records. temebers are active

Benjamb Bellien will con- schools.

per- "No Yowed atheist or Com-duct the Best European

be allowed to formance of Frederick Ashton's mmunist should

thinks ballet. Illuminations at Covent schools,

Communist Garden. The ballet is to his!

George At 72, General Sir

Peters- travellers, the Jeffreys, Tory MP for

field, ants, has decided not to stand ogni at the next election. He has been Member since 194 1. He and Jeffreys live at Alton, Hants.

Cost of the tour for each girl teach in

Beamish. a week. They

is about 100

can go anywhere in town each Party themselves say there are own music. evenng, but if they have 2,000 Communist teachers. If you "dak" they must go in pairs, include fellow The "date" must be introduced number is much greater."

to the tour organisers. And the

man of the escort must

down in a tour log-book.

Second chaperon with

Ko £10,000 for

the

Rembrandt

giris la Miss Mary K. Browne,] Prune unknown Rembrandt! who in 1926 won the Wimbledon doubles championship.

there Lady

thing."

the But besides destroying

Main

all

General Booth died within

And five years live months. later, after General Higgins re- tired, Evangeline becaine head of the "Army."

When Evangelino returned to

the America

Sunbury after

sald her last she mectings -Longus' Express Service}

The top of the exposed wall Guard, the bombs tore has been treated with a special preparation to prevent weeds facing from part of the brick

which had been incor- sprouting on it. porated in the fabric.

apults of Ministry of Works recognised the inner wali the ancient Fas being

part of

there in rampart which stood

Armythe days of King Henry III. And

they they put their expert masons

is that or the job.

Cat

travelling

FEW YARDS LEFT

Three of these men, specialists

al

etire? Popular legend

country. they live in the

(hot curry), and; buna ghoult

side at pelty sessions. Not so

Brigadier-general D. Frost. He left the Army in the craft of "uncient monu- 1930.

have been became

mini palating" ♫ vangelist.

work there (intermittently, for For the past five years people they have had to attend to other in town and villages all over lubs as well) for the past twe

religious the country have seen a caravan years, painstakingly picking of texts she Victorian crust of ugly brick covered with

sirert, and modern stone, to reveal the driving into their main Out of it has stepped the Briga-noble old wall beneath.

to conduct dier-general

im- Now, only the last few yards promptu services.

He has been SO successful

the Walker that

Memorial at Chelten- Methodist Church hain have invited hirn to be

minister. their resident

The will go General has nccepted;

there later this summer.

MAN and beust Golf escorts

50 years ago From the Evening Standard, July 19, 1900.

large In centres are prestrated by landscape, The Flight Into Egypt, among players in the women's the high temperature, which is One girl who is looking for, while was found To Lournament at Went likely to last some days longer. City that day had a ward to the end of the holiday by Lord Clinton from his homeworth-Viscountess Mount- (The is 20-year-old Belly Lou Baker, at Bięku, Devon, was sold ut starret, of Royal Mid-Surrey, temperature of 91 in the shade.) Parisians appear to be very daughier of the tour

or Sotheby's for £10,000. I was and Mrs Tobolski, of Berk- Kaniser. She is collecting bought by a dealer.

shire-played together and took badly off because they have not had the slightest cooling storm their dogs with them. One was

in married the day after she lands The Treasury pays miniature poodle,

revive

nature. exhausted the other

Every summer, it may be noted, by Sir a dachshund.

the microbe danger fucking in ice la pointed out. But Parisians are so accustomed to using ice In what they drink that not all the the merobo theories in work would Induce them to abandon the habit

Continental troussent, will be

will be August 18-her birthday,

1st

precedent

in New York. Her wedding day N Staford Cripps's payment

They sat suk under the care of £7,500, half the cost, towards of the enddies while the shots buying Constable's painting were twingt played. After Lady laring Parade und Old Chain Muntiarret bud struck the ANY ex-Servics'men in the Pier, Brighton,

Taleball, the poodle would yelp arid last few months have been | Gallery.

Leap into her arms alarmed to receive letters from

MANY

No call-up

for the

is, used Treasury money

by

the War Office asking their oc- the national museums for buy-

0. CANNON

K.

3 D'CLOCK..... MUGHT ON

THE DOT, WHISPER:

CARAMELLA?..D...SHE'S JUST

A CLIENT, HER FATHER, THE

COUNT DEL FALDO, CALLED ME IN, SOMEONE'S TRYING TO MURORA HIM AND THIS DAUGHTER...

LET'S GET A TABLE....

London Express Service)

London Express Service)

THE RIDDLE OF THE ROME REBELS

OʻYOU KNOWY WE'VE BIGN HIRO HALF-AN-KOUA,,4 WONDER WHAT'È HAPPÉNDO) TO PETEM HOLLIS?...

WHISPER WHO DROPPED THIS CARD ON THE TABLE?. DID YOU SEE HIM:

What do you want

caption for?

New Drive For

New Dominion

S

OIL-FROM-COAL PLAN

From CHARLES WIGHTON: Salisbury, S. Rhodesia.

only one of our greatest leaders but a poet who under- slood the qualities that give a song crowd-appeal."

-London Express Service)

General liked the

cartoon

London, July 20,

N original cartoon by Giles,

cartoonist, showing War Mini- ter John Strachey on a patrol Malayan jungle through the

beers during his recent visit, has

presented to Major General IL E. Urquhart, General Ofcer Commanding Malaya District.

the General Unquhari maw cartoon in a recent lesue of the Sunday Express and wrote to signed the editor requesting a copy. The newspaper replied original sending him the work, which has been specially

by

IR GODFREY HUGGINS, Prime Minister of coloured by Giles

announced that he Strachey Southern Rhodesia,

is to make an all-out effort to form the Empire's eighth Dominion-the Central African British Federation.

states-

The 67-year-old man told me that he is pre- paring a Note to the British Government urging adop- tion of this plan:---

Immediate conferences Whitehall of Colonial Oce Rhodesian officials and South experts to draw up a provisional Pian for 1 self-governing Dominion.

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Negollations between mem- bers of the British Cabinet,

Tahi

RHODESIA

PROPOSED NEW DOMINION

AHODESIA

He Rdded that Southern

himself, and representatives of Rhodesia's policy is much more

nolonial territories concerned, as liberal than is appreciated.

toon as the experts complete a draft plan.

I Sir Godfrey succeeds, with proper electoral qualifen- three Empire territorisertions, has a vote on the surne fabulous minem! and other basis as white voters. resources,

And he emphasised that the

in Southern Rhodesian native,

will be combined

In a new African Dominion as big as the Union of South Africa. They are:--

LANDS OF RICHES

SOUTHERN RHODESIA;} Self-governing Colony, as big s with la pre-war Germany,

COAL TO BURN

The cartoon

leading

shows

+

Mr

patrol lo

through dense jungle. He A

carrying a child's pop-gun, ment mincer is hanging from the haversack on his back

He glancer back apprehen- sively as robust sergeant instructo his grinning troops to "Quit telling Mr Strachey to mind his nut. Mr Strachey is very touchy about nuts,"

General Urquhart organised Mr Strachey's recent visit to accom- Malaya and personally panted him on. his historic patrol.

LONDON WILL

GET 250-MILE

SKY TUNNEL'

NGLAND is to have a new and invisible highway- Green One. It will extend for

He revealed that Southern 250 miles from the Irish Set 10

London. Rhodesia is about to Inunch

which major oil-from-con projet

One, Green

wih

at the vast Wankis Colliery officially come into operation on deposits 50 miles east of the August 1, is the first of a series Victoria Falls.

of, nirways that will eventually cover the British Idles.

Within a few years this con w make the country self- supporting in oll.

These airways, thọ Ministry. ol Civil Aviation. said today.

population of 2,000,000, includ-

Says Sir Godfrey: "There is will, in effect, be "ky-tunnels, Ing 180,000 white people:

NORTHEEN HODEBIA: O much coal lying under almost 10 miles wide. Green One will

In

R

we are

the transatlantic route.

The airways system alms = at

A Whitehall-governed Colony, the whole of Southern Rhodesia be the highway for airliners On

major strategie with an even smaller population that la

# bigger area than its mergenev, such as the low of

Middle East oll. we could be increasing flying safety .by southern neighbour.

The Colony has a rich copper comic a major Empire cupplier, cutting out the risk of collisions But that will need long-term in the air. Rigld ground cone and. suspected uranium

plarining, and much more capital trol v

will regulate the air trafe. deposits.

The second stage of the plan allowed to raise than

win

extend Groen - One to NOW."

Mr Robert Foot, joint maung Brussels, and bring into service ing director of the Powell Amber One and Amber Two (to Duffryn coal concern, is staying Paris), Red One (to Amsterdam) the Prime Minister's and another section leading to residence"),GEDS attended the Channel Jiles. Other ex- Cabinet meeting recently... tenalone" will follow Jaler,

NYASALAND:

London- governed ten-growing Prote forate between the Rhodealas and Portuguese East Africa.

Sir Godfrey Bald

deadlock has been caused by

dimculty In Foconelling native polleles of Britain and Southern Rhode

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